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Wine Description
The Story
Château Haut-Brion is the oldest and by far the smallest of the "Premiers Grands Crus" vineyards of the Gironde 1855 classification. Château Haut-Brion is one of the few remaining family-owned domains of the Bordeaux region with a history going back to the 16th century. It has been owned by the American Dillon family since 1935.
There is an amazing dual hit of black fruit and fine-grained tannins here, which is rounded off with a wonde...
Wine Information
1956 A LESSER YEAR
A very severe selection of the wines from individual vats. Little wine bottled with the château's label. The wine has aged well with hints of bitterness in the tannin. There is good color, with some greenish highlights and good staying power in the mouth.
Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3083 °C
Rain : 441 mm
Days where temperature above 30 °C : 5
Harvest : from 11/10/1956 to 20/10/1956
Current vintage not...
Vintage 1956
BORDEAUX / Due to the climatic conditions and the breeding of the vines, Bordeaux produced fine and concentrated wines in 1952, 1953 and 1955. 1956 is a historic year, because it marks the beginning of a new era for Bordeaux. The reason for this paradigm shift was the shock caused by a -20°C cold spell in Bordeaux in February 1956 which killed a large swath of vines. Saint-Émilion and Pomerol were the hardest hit. Regions least affected by the...
